The knife edge our fellow citizens in Baginton have been living on has only got sharper with the possible permanent closure of the airport.

Expansion, following increased traffic, was on the cards. Now it may be left as a very desirable vacant lot.

Much as the idea of an eco-town is derided and denied, given the present economic downturn, I wouldn’t place any bets on the airstrip not turning into a building site sometime in the not too distant future.